PAVILION FOR BRITONS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 77, 7 May 1914, Page 11

PAVILION FOR BRITONS.

AT PANAMA EXHSBITION.

PREMIER FAVOURS SUGGESTION.

By Cable. —Press Association. —Copyright.

LONDON, May 6,

Mr Asqr.itli, replying to a deputation of members of the House of Commons, promised to submit to the Cabinet a suggestion that the Government should , erect a special pavilion at the Panama Exhibition, which would be a rallying point for Britishers from all parts of the Empire. lie intimated that the Cabinet was likely to consent, as the proposal would not commit the Government to much expenditure. v • Mv Asquith deprecated a suggestion / 1 that the refusal to participate in the exhibition was a slight upen th?. United tes.